Re: Scent of "pine and leather"?

Sounds like a made up combo. In any case, I cannot think of pine plus leather per se, but the most famous galbanum + leather (galbanum smells fresh green, but not coniferous) is the deliciously s&m Bandit.

A fragrantica search for pine and leather shows a dozen or so scents, but for what I've smelled, none of them has a prominent leather note to my nose (while some of them are indeed pine-y). I have not smelled vintage Polo, but as already said, the current one is certainly not leathery.

Re: Scent of "pine and leather"?

Here's my reaction. Pine and leather are at opposite end of the spectrum. Pine is fresh, bright, natural, vegetal, green. Leather is antique, dark, somewhat constructed, animalic, brown.
The person who writes of the reconciliation of these two polarities is making a statement which is bold but which actually would not be a good combination.
The "pine" represents the natural world, one open to possibilities. The "leather" represents a more constructed masculine aspect, tougher, less open, more "cured" or "seasoned" as leather is.
In other words, this is a literary construct rather than a description of an actual scent.
Of course others will disagree but that how it seems to me.

Re: Scent of "pine and leather"?

Esencia Loewe has 'pine needles' and 'leather' listed as notes but speaking from personal experience, it feels more like a vibe or texture. I cannot discount the possibly subliminal effects of a marketing construct either. So Ody made a valid point.